Definition of Diamicton. Meaning of Diamicton. Synonyms of Diamicton

- Diamicton (also diamict) (from Gr**** δια (dia-): through and μεικτός (meiktós): mixed) is a terrigenous sediment (a sediment resulting from dry-land erosion)...
- of slow periglacial solifluction compromise poorly stratified diamicton and diamicton where stratification is wholly lacking. When stratification can...
- Sandstone. The superficial geology is varied with pockets of sand and diamicton along the lower-lying land adjacent to the Mersey and through Runcorn...
- either a mud or sand matrix. Unlithified diamictite is referred to as diamicton. The term diamictite is often applied to nonsorted or poorly sorted, lithified...
- ac****ulation (known as diamicton) occurred along the ice margins. Whereas the glacial river deposits were more substantial by volume, the diamicton deposits represent...
- the ridges in eastern Lake Ontario are glacial deposits of subglacial diamicton resting on an undeformed bedrock surface. Given other information revealing...
- deposits consisting of pebbly mudstones, and co****, poorly sorted, cobbly diamictons ****ociated with the Guangxi karst, China. The gravel content of boulder...
- lacking. The glacial origin idea has been aided by the fact that the diamicton deposited during a period when the Earth was subject to a widespread glaciation...
- Deposits Group Overlies bedrock Thickness up to 120m Lithology Primary till (diamicton) Other sand, gravel, silt and clay Location Country England, Scotland...
- been identified on the margins. The oldest unit is an over- consolidated diamicton from subglacial processes. The middle unit is a pebbly-sandy stratified...